Stephan Taplin

• Managed centralized payment processes, supplier onboarding, and invoice processing for utility, rent, and hardware sales payments to ensure timely and accurate transactions.
• Works closely with internal stakeholders (Supercharger Deployment Team, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Tools & Analytics, Vendor Validation Team) in addition to external stakeholders like utilities and site hosts.
• Directly responsible for onboarding suppliers, rent and hardware sales payments and payment reconciliations for over 2,900 sites in North America
• Establish and maintain precise payment data with thorough account reconciliation, complete with accurate aging reports for annual reporting.
• Facilitated onboarding of new landlords and ensured accurate payment submissions per lease agreements, enhancing compliance and reducing discrepancies.
• Acted as the Supercharger business partner for the supplier master team, accounts payable, and accounts receivable projects.
• Manage and administer centralized accounting and payments processes such as fixed assets, supplier onboarding, check management, and aging invoices.
• Maintain accurate Utility account information within Tesla systems and manage new Utility account set up for our expanding network.
• Compiled and managed monthly and quarterly reports for team reviews and validations, identifying areas for efficiency improvements in internal systems.

• Received, reviewed, verified, coded, and processed invoices for timely payment.
• Preparing and processing payments, including checks and electronic transfers, and monitoring discount opportunities.
• Processing and verifying employee expense reports.
• Generated financial reports for accounts payable, assisted with month-end closing, and supported audits to ensure compliance.
• Maintained meticulous records of outstanding payables, reconciled vendor statements, and verified entries against system reports to ensure accuracy.

• Optimized accounts receivable processes through advanced financial software tools to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline billing and collections workflows, improving overall process effectiveness.

· Conduct detailed analysis of accounts receivable data to identify trends and insights.

· Contacts customers regarding past due accounts, negotiates repayment schedules, documents all conversations in SAP and confirms payment arrangements.

• Provides customers with required documentation including copies of invoices, pod, credit memos and statements.

• Review and analyze financial trends to make recommendations regarding account credit lines.
• Monitor Risk Reports and Flash Reports in order to identify possible risk exposure and mitigate risk on future orders.
• Perform basic ad hoc analyses to support business decisions in order to minimize consumer and commercial risk.
• Generate reports detailing A/R status.
• Verify discrepancies and resolve client billing issues.
• Facilitate payment of client invoices due by sending bill reminders and contacting clients via phone or email.
• Manage credit card processing activities by generating invoices, posting payments and reconciling payouts.
• Assist with the reconciliation account to the general ledger. Reconcile monthly contributions and resolve any unreconciled.
• Coordinates area collection decisions with management teams and sales departments. · Use MS Excel extensively for creating financial statements and balance sheets.
• Develop and produce standard and ad hoc departmental reports and spreadsheets to include but not limited to project or product strategy analysis, profitability, historical reporting, workflow analysis, statistical analysis, and financial analysis.
• Enter data into dashboards for budget and P&L reporting.
• Utilize budget and P&L dashboards to create pivot charts for root cause analysis.
• Use internal database system (similar to MS Access) to collect and input customer history.
• Assisted in preparing annual and quarterly financial projections.

• Maintained client communication via phone and email, in order to resolve payment and credit line issues; documented all communications for future follow up.
• Led team to achieve goals as Team Leader, coaching on skills for effective client portfolio management.
• Negotiated client settlements to reconcile bad debt and enhance cash receipts.
• Prepare memos and presentations for managers that include financial analysis, research, and due diligence findings.
• Successfully met year-end compliance review & analysis goals on portfolio of 2,000+ customer credit lines. Perform ongoing maintenance tests on credit lines to ensure covenant compliance of financial ratios and collateral.

• Use MS Excel extensively for creating financial statements and balance sheets.

• Develop and produce standard and ad hoc departmental reports and spreadsheets to include but not limited to project or product strategy analysis, profitability, historical reporting, work flow analysis, statistical analysis, and financial analysis.

• Enter data into dashboards for budget and P&L reporting.

• Utilize budget and P&L dashboards to create pivot charts for root cause analysis.

• Perform basic ad hoc analyses to support business decisions in order to minimize consumer and commercial risk.

• Use internal database system (similar to MS Access) to collect and input customer history.

• Review and analyze financial trends to make recommendations regarding account credit lines.